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Four Indian high school students participated at the 25th Nobel Peace Laureates Founding anniversary and 19th Annual World Summit at Monterrey, Mexico, from September 17 to 21, 2024.
Taneesha Bhattacharjee Pahari from Stevenson High School Lincolnshire Il, Nishika Nilabhkumar Dubey from the Metea Valley High School Aurora Il, Sathwik Krishna Kesavarapu from Necqua Valley High School, Naperville, and Ruchika Villivalam from Freemont High School Sunnyvale CA, represented the Global Gandhi Youth Mission (2GYM).
The delegation presented the aspects of “Ahimsa, Sarvodaya, Satyagraha, Swadeshi & Swaraj” concepts from Mahatma Gandhi’s book in the Youth Session.
Sridevi Kesavarapu, Anica Dubey, Piyas Bhattacharjee, and Arun Villivalam spoke on swadeshi, conflict resolution, art of HAnSA and Gandhi thoughts on healthcare in brief.
Dr Sriram Sonty of Global Gandhi Youth Mission, Chicago, along with Professor Prasad Goillanapalli of Gandhi King Foundation Hyderabad, India, Homi Gandhi of Gandhi Association of Los Angeles, and Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah Ex-Minister, Telangana State Government, spoke in the forum “Non violent agriculture for Global Peace”.
They emphasized on the value of organic farming on environment and personal health while respecting ecology, plant and animal species.
The Student delegation had the opportunity to listen to India Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and Tawakkal Karman from Yemen, on their challenges they faced in their global projects on human trafficking from India and Women Journalists Without Chains organization in Yemen, respectively.
Satyarthi, in answering a question from Ruchika Villivalam about their journey, said that her coming to this peace conference is the first step towards bringing a change in the humanity. He wished her the best.
Other Nobel Laureates that attended the summit included Shirin Ebadi from Iran, Lech Walesa from Poland, Oscar Aria Sanchez from Costa Rica, and Carlos Slim Mexico.
The themes discussed by the laureates included ‘Global Peace Architecture’, ‘Peace for Progress’, ‘Interreligious Dialogue’, ‘What if war is obsolete?’, ‘Women at the Vanguard’, ‘Balancing Progress & Nature’, and ‘Education for Peace’.
Sharing her experience, Ruchika stated: “As a high schooler, going to the Summit of Nobel Laureates for Peace in Monterrey Mexico was so inspiring.”
Nishika said that it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and she will carry this memory a long way.
Taneesha expressed: “The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was truly fascinating. It was an eye-opening to hear stories from Nobel laureates.”
Satwik said the experience was truly valuable and impactful.